I was back on the treadmill this morning because of the ice and snow. It's all clear on the main road, but my running park is closed and fairly heavily tree covered in most places. I doubt the snow has melted enough for me to get in a good run. Maybe Monday.
As I mentioned I might in my last post, I came up with a plan based on C25K to help me run a faster 5K. Day one was today and my goal was to do run a 10 minute mile pace for 1 minute, then recover at a 12 minute mile pace for 90 seconds. It was hard, as anticipated, and I skipped a few of the fast run segments in the middle because my heart rate was well above where I wanted it to be. I'd say I skipped 4 or 5 total. This allowed a more reasonably amount of time for my heart rate to recover, but I never really felt like I was resting. Anyway, I'm looking forward to taking this routine outside on Monday to see how I do. It was a good workout today. I did 15 reps of the 1 minute/90 second routine for a total of 37:30, but as I mentioned, I skipped the fast run in some of those reps.
Today's Stats: The treadmill said I did 3.33 miles in 40 minutes. Even though I've measured the belt and calculated the distance at certain speeds I'm still not convinced it's anywhere near correct.
Next up: A day of rest tomorrow and then I'm taking my faster 5K routine outside on Monday for week 1, day 2.
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